Whalesong in My Latte Book

A collection of monologues and shorts, both humorous and thought-provoking created for both audition and performance. Waiting for the Ninth Life: A woman tries to encourage her boyfriend's twenty-pound, three-legged cat with a snoring problem to "go toward the light." (Humor) Visibility: After the fall of the Nazi regime, young lovers are reunited, but the chasm between them may be unbridgeable. (Drama) Wind: In a futuristic domed city, a brave gang leader urges her follows to escape the city's oppression to seek freedom in the wilderness. (Drama) The Day of the Wine: A professional safari photographer and semi-professional mom considers which is more dangerous: Twinkies or a charging rhino. (Humor) Whalesong: An actor pays Madam Hollywood to write the perfect monologue for an audition. (Humor) Practical Math: A game of poker between two lovers becomes a metaphor for the end of their monogamous relationship. (Drama) Not a Mother's Dilemma: A woman gives tetimony to sway a jury into awarding her custody of a son who may not be her own. (Drama) Daniel: An HIV-postive construction worker chooses to see herself as living with HIV rather than dying from it. (Drama)